1136 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Asana (Mar. and ditch) ; Asano (Bom. and Guz.) ; Faturfoda 

 (Goa) ; Vengemaram, venge ,Tam.) ; Gundebingula, pantangi, 

 auem (Tel.). 



Habitat: — Along the foot-hills of the Himalaya, from the 

 Punjab to Bhotan ; Khasia Mts., Behar on Parusnath ; Coro- 

 mandel. 



A. moderate-sized, grabrous deciduous tree. Wood grey, 

 moderately hard, nearly glabrous. Branches often pustulate. 

 Leaves membranous, very variable, 3-5in. long, obovate or broad 

 elliptic, glabrous or shining above, paler beneath ; lateral nerves 

 10-15 pair, more or less arched ; cross nervules rather strong ; 

 petiole lViin. long ; stipules deciduous. Flowers monoeious, says 

 J.D. Hooker. But Rai Bahadur Upend ranath Kanjilal says thus: — 

 I have seen several trees with only male, and several others with 

 only female flowers, and so far none with both" (Forest Flora, 

 United Provinces, Siwalik and Jaunsar divisions, p. 346, foot- 

 note, 1911, Calcutta). The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, 

 shortly pedicelled ; bracts many and crowded, membranous 

 pubescent. Calyx iV^ n - diam. ; lobes triangular-ovate, unaltered 

 in fruit. Ovary enclosed in disk. Styles 2, 2-fid. Petals 

 oblanceolate Fruit ovoid, ^in. long, black when ripe, seated on 

 the unaltered calyx. The fruits are not eaten, says Kanjilal. 



Uses: — Reported to possess anthelmintic properties. Much 

 used in Bombay and Goa as an astringent medicine. (Watt.) 



1127, Cleistanthus collinus, Benth., h.f.b.i., v. 



274. 



Syn. : — Cluytiacollina, Eoxb. 704. 



Vern. : — Woadugu maram(Tam.); Kadishen, Korsi (Tel.); 

 Garrar, garari (H.) ; Karada (Uriya) ; Parasu, pas, pasu, lar- 

 clmter ^Kol.) ; Kargalli (Santal) ; Ghara (BerarJ ; Garari (Mar.); 

 Kergali (Karwar) ; Ganari (C. P.). 



Habitat : — Dry hills in various parts of India from Simla 

 to Behar, and southward to Central India, and the Deccan 

 Peninsula. 



A small, deciduous tree. Bark £in. thick, dark-brown, almost 

 black, often with a reddish tinge, rough with numerous 



